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2007 • PG-13 • 1h 28m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

Smack destiny in the face.

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6.7

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$5.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$13.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$14.40M

$0.40M international

Budget$25M

Domestic legs2.6x

2007 rank#141

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Cast & crew

Full Schaffer filmography

Akiva Schaffer

Akiva Schaffer Director

Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg Starring

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher Starring

Bill Hader

Bill Hader Starring

Danny McBride

Danny McBride Starring

ScreenplayPam Brady StudioParamount Pictures Produced byLorne Michaels, John Goldwyn

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 3-5 1 $5.3M — 2,607 $2,037 $5.3M

2 Aug 10-12 2 $2.2M −58.0% 2,607 $853 $11.0M

3 Aug 17-19 3 $571.8K −74.3% 811 $705 $13.1M

4 Aug 24-26 4 $154.5K −73.0% 239 $647 $13.6M

5 Aug 31-Sep 2 5 $136.4K −11.7% 193 $707 $13.8M

6 Sep 7-9 6 $43.5K −68.1% 107 $406 $13.8M

7 Sep 14-16 7 $24.5K −43.6% 80 $307 $13.9M

8 Sep 21-23 8 $57.7K +135.3% 164 $352 $13.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 3 #8 $2.0M — $2.0M 2,607 $761 1

Sat Aug 4 #9 $1.8M −11.1% $3.7M 2,607 $677 2

Sun Aug 5 #9 $1.6M −11.5% $5.3M 2,607 $599 3

Mon Aug 6 #8 $1.0M −35.1% $6.3M 2,607 $389 4

Tue Aug 7 #8 $896.8K −11.6% $7.2M 2,607 $344 5

Wed Aug 8 #8 $822.8K −8.3% $8.0M 2,607 $316 6

Thu Aug 9 #8 $748.3K −9.1% $8.8M 2,607 $287 7

Fri Aug 10 $773.2K +3.3% −61.0% $9.6M 1,803 $429 8

Sat Aug 11 $787.1K +1.8% −55.4% $10.4M 1,803 $437 9

Sun Aug 12 $663.5K −15.7% −57.5% $11.0M 1,803 $368 10

Mon Aug 13 #13 $399.8K −39.7% −60.6% $11.4M 1,803 $222 11

Tue Aug 14 #13 $393.7K −1.5% −56.1% $11.8M 1,803 $218 12

Wed Aug 15 #13 $372.1K −5.5% −54.8% $12.2M 1,803 $206 13

Thu Aug 16 #14 $352.2K −5.3% −52.9% $12.5M 1,803 $195 14

Fri Aug 17 $193.4K −45.1% −75.0% $12.7M 811 $238 15

Sat Aug 18 $225.1K +16.4% −71.4% $13.0M 811 $278 16

Sun Aug 19 $153.3K −31.9% −76.9% $13.1M 811 $189 17

Mon Aug 20 $85.2K −44.4% −78.7% $13.2M 811 $105 18

Tue Aug 21 $82.7K −2.9% −79.0% $13.3M 811 $102 19

Wed Aug 22 $73.9K −10.7% −80.2% $13.3M 811 $91 20

Thu Aug 23 $72.3K −2.1% −79.5% $13.4M 811 $89 21

Fri Aug 24 $52.0K −28.1% −73.1% $13.5M 239 $218 22

Sat Aug 25 $67.8K +30.4% −69.9% $13.5M 239 $284 23

Sun Aug 26 $34.7K −48.9% −77.4% $13.6M 239 $145 24

Mon Aug 27 $13.3K −61.6% −84.4% $13.6M 239 $56 25

Tue Aug 28 $11.3K −14.9% −86.3% $13.6M 239 $47 26

Wed Aug 29 $10.0K −12.1% −86.5% $13.6M 239 $42 27

Thu Aug 30 $7.9K −20.4% −89.0% $13.6M 239 $33 28

Fri Aug 31 $29.6K +273.5% −43.1% $13.6M 239 $124 29

Sat Sep 1 $46.5K +57.1% −31.4% $13.7M 239 $195 30

Sun Sep 2 $60.3K +29.6% +73.8% $13.8M 239 $252 31

Mon Sep 3 #48 $17.8K −70.5% +33.5% $13.8M 239 $74 32

Tue Sep 4 $3.9K −78.3% −66.0% $13.8M 193 $20 33

Wed Sep 5 $4.2K +9.0% −57.8% $13.8M 193 $22 34

Thu Sep 6 $3.8K −10.3% −52.5% $13.8M 193 $20 35

Fri Sep 7 $14.9K +295.4% −49.7% $13.8M 107 $139 36

Sat Sep 8 $20.9K +40.0% −55.2% $13.8M 107 $195 37

Sun Sep 9 $7.7K −63.0% −87.2% $13.8M 107 $72 38

Mon Sep 10 $1.8K −77.1% −90.1% $13.8M 107 $17 39

Tue Sep 11 $2.2K +24.0% −43.1% $13.8M 107 $20 40

Wed Sep 12 $1.6K −27.2% −62.0% $13.8M 107 $15 41

Thu Sep 13 $1.6K −1.2% −58.2% $13.8M 107 $15 42

Fri Sep 14 $8.9K +463.6% −40.4% $13.8M 80 $111 43

Sat Sep 15 $11.4K +28.5% −45.3% $13.9M 80 $143 44

Sun Sep 16 $4.2K −62.9% −45.2% $13.9M 80 $53 45

Mon Sep 17 $1.3K −70.5% −29.3% $13.9M 80 $16 46

Tue Sep 18 #23 $1.2K −6.4% −46.6% $13.9M 80 $15 47

Wed Sep 19 $1.3K +11.5% −18.3% $13.9M 80 $16 48

Thu Sep 20 $928 −28.8% −41.2% $13.9M 80 $12 49

Fri Sep 21 $16.0K +1620.6% +79.6% $13.9M 164 $97 50

Sat Sep 22 $26.6K +66.8% +133.2% $13.9M 164 $162 51

Sun Sep 23 $15.1K −43.1% +257.8% $13.9M 164 $92 52

Mon Sep 24 $4.3K −71.3% +247.4% $13.9M 164 $26 53

Tue Sep 25 $4.7K +8.3% +301.9% $13.9M 164 $29 54

Wed Sep 26 $4.2K −9.8% +225.2% $13.9M 164 $26 55

Thu Sep 27 $4.3K +1.6% +364.0% $13.9M 164 $26 56

Cumulative total$13.9M

Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 13Sep 27

Weekend grossWk 8 · $57.7K

$5.3M

$2.2M

$571.8K

$154.5K

$136.4K

$43.5K

$24.5K

$57.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,607 → 164 −93.7%

2,607 open164 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +135.3%

−58.0%

W1→2

−74.3%

W2→3

−73.0%

W3→4

−11.7%

W4→5

−68.1%

W5→6

−43.6%

W6→7

+135.3%

W7→8

Steepest −74.3%Biggest gain +135.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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